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Sofia

Gender
Girl
Say it
so-FEE-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#13 for girls
US rank, 2025
#9 for girls

Sofia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 13th for girls in the UK (1,681 babies) and 9th for girls in the US (8,252 babies).

What does Sofia mean?

Greek

“wisdom”

Greek for wisdom; Hagia Sophia, Holy Wisdom, is Istanbul's great domed church, and Sofia is Bulgaria's capital.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Sofia a girl's or a boy's name?

Sofia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,681 girls in the UK and 8,252 girls and 9 boys in the US.

How popular is Sofia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#13among girls
Babies in 2025
1,681about 1 in 170 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 6% in five years
Same name in a class
8.1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,681 girls in the UK were named Sofia, making it the 13th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 22nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 1,901 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Sofia than any year since 2012.

Half of all the girls named Sofia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,494 girls in the UK were given Sofia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1, up from #13 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 17th in England and Wales, 17th in Scotland and 32nd in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#28) and 2024 (#12).

1996Busiest: 1,901 in 20182025
Sofia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,681#13
20241,801#14
20231,696#20
20221,765#23
20211,835#23
20201,801#22
20191,818#28
20181,901#29
20171,820#31
20161,839#30
20151,787#32
20141,871#29
20131,764#30
20121,474#45
20111,367#52
20101,069#66
2009935#79
2008901#81
2007794#85
2006669#92
2005573#101
2004482#127
2003347#160
2002296#164
2001227#203
2000246#196
1999200#234
1998200#235
1997171#257
1996132#303

How popular is Sofia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9among girls
Babies in 2025
8,252about 1 in 190 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 9% in five years
Same name in a class
7%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8,252 girls in the US were named Sofia, making it the 9th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 17th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 9,702 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881. 9 boys were also named Sofia in 2025 (8,239th for boys).

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Sofia than any year since 2016.

Half of all the girls named Sofia in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 20,827 girls in the US were given Sofia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1, up from #9 for this spelling alone.

1881Busiest: 9,702 in 20152025
Sofia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258,252#9
20248,113#10
20237,665#12
20227,285#13
20216,983#18
20206,990#17
20197,402#17
20187,667#17
20178,175#15
20169,179#14
20159,702#14
20149,612#12
20139,169#13
20127,837#18
20117,331#19
20106,328#28
20095,696#36
20085,985#36
20076,049#36
20065,082#55
20055,162#52
20044,475#69
20033,488#97
20023,061#112
20012,288#145
20002,094#161
19991,604#195
19981,346#232
19971,183#249
1996767#361
1995607#428
1994510#488
1993558#447
1992453#526
1991450#517
1990349#641
1989323#641
1988282#682
1987317#609
1986245#726
1985264#681
1984252#675
1983262#658
1982240#722
1981266#664
1980192#820
1979194#813
1978177#836
1977190#789
1976160#853
1975157#849
1974144#889
1973139#897
1972132#928
1971157#859
1970126#989
1969129#936
196890#1,123
1967104#1,002
196695#1,078
196590#1,109
196492#1,145
196384#1,188
196278#1,247
196167#1,359
196069#1,327
195964#1,336
195860#1,363
195756#1,406
195644#1,597
195554#1,360
195451#1,408
195348#1,409
195238#1,559
195145#1,395
195055#1,240
194946#1,352
194839#1,472
194751#1,269
194635#1,480
194533#1,401
194436#1,339
194339#1,304
194224#1,705
194131#1,384
194046#1,062
193943#1,091
193839#1,159
193723#1,580
193643#1,062
193549#984
193435#1,205
193347#1,008
193237#1,176
193160#887
193078#800
192960#922
192871#862
192764#935
192647#1,096
192576#853
192468#920
192361#941
192257#989
192164#928
192060#939
191949#1,026
191844#1,102
191758#904
191652#949
191544#1,000
191438#956
191342#810
191232#890
191133#754
191037#698
190938#638
190818#939
190717#923
190619#845
19059#1,297
190411#1,092
190311#1,076
190212#1,024
190114#881
190017#917
189910#1,034
189821#719
18975#1,554
189611#999
189512#932
18947#1,236
189310#955
189215#762
189114#727
18908#1,006
188912#757
188812#753
18875#1,147
188610#731
18850–
18840–
18830–
18820–
18816#740

Nicknames for Sofia

Names like Sofia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aria Sienna Ava Mia Esme Isabella Margot Aurora Emilia Arabella Amelia Willow

Other spellings of Sofia

Sophia Sofiia Soffia Sofhia

Names related to Sofia

Zofia Safia Sofiya Sofie Sofiyah Sofya Sofi

More Greek names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Sofia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sofia, updated 20 October 2026.